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New guidance published today will provide a boost in the quality of care for people with a learning disability or autistic people.
Standards for learning disability and autism training for health and care staff will improve as government launches a consultation on a draft code of practice.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
Government’s 'Building the Right Support Action Plan’ combines work across government and public services so people can live independently in their community.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
The government has launched a new multi-million pound strategy to speed up diagnosis and improve support and care for autistic people.
A group-wide project was launched last year to help everyone feel more able to talk openly about mental health in the workplace and ensure that our people understand how to access help if they need it.
Every inpatient with a learning disability or autism in a mental health hospital will have their case reviewed over the next 12 months.
The measures include a new working group for learning disabilities and autism, and funding specialist advocates to review the care of patients in segregation or long-term seclusion.
A new call for evidence is asking people for their views on what is working and where more needs to be done to transform care and support.
The government has announced plans to give personal health budgets to up to 200,000 people by 2024.
The government will collect evidence from autistic children, their families and their carers on how to improve the support they get.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
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